Srinagar:
Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chairman Yasin Malik was arrested in north Kashmir on Friday.
Malik was to address a public rally in Handwara.
On Thursday, the separatist leader had appealed to Kashmiri pandit migrants to return to their homes, saying the people of the valley would do everything possible to safeguard their interests.
"The minorities living in the valley are not here because of government backing, but they stayed back because of cooperation and support of the Muslim neighbours," Malik had told a gathering at Gawkadal.